Tuesday, June 3, 2008

After reading Ken Johnson's glowing New York Times review of MoMA's current exhibition of drawings, I rushed to see it. I was somewhat disappointed. The two Basquiat drawings are flat and not representative of his amazing body of work. I did enjoy Raymond Pettibon's pieces and discovered Ghariokwu Lemi, a Nigerian artist known for his political cartoons and album covers.

About Me

Educator, writer and curator. Poetry Teacher of the Year, 1988, awarded by Poets House and NYC Board of Education. I co-authored three books back in the 90's -- two of which were cited as best Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library. (The Place I Call Home: Voices and Faces of Homeless Teens and Jerusalem Mosaic: Young Voices from the Holy City.) Both books have also been cited by the Library of Congress for their "strong and honest voice of the young adult." I also authored A to Z : The Book of Rap & Hip Hop Slang -- with entries that have since been cited by dozens of dictionaries.